On This Day: December 3rd

The first issue of Tamperean daily newspaper Aamulehti ("Morning Paper") is published.

Nigeria's first newspaper, missionary Henry Townsend's Iwe Irohin, was published.

Battle of the Eureka Stockade: More than 20 gold miners at Ballarat, Victoria, are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences.

The Zollverein (German Customs Union) begins the first regular census in Germany.

Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state.

War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden: French General Jean Victor Marie Moreau decisively defeats the Archduke John of Austria near Munich. Coupled with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte's earlier victory at Marengo, this will force the Austrians to sign an armistice and end the war.

United States presidential election: The Electoral College casts votes for president and vice president that result in a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.

War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Wiesloch: Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal Anton Sztáray defeats the French at Wiesloch.

American Revolution: USS Alfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Continental Union Flag (precursor to the "Stars and Stripes"); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.

Pope John X crowns Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor (probable date).